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So, time to start another build! Just kidding, time to finish one of my started builds. But did that ever stopped anyone from starting another one? So... well... time to start another build. It's a D9R armed bulldozer which is an Israeli vehicle based on Caterpillar D9 civilian machine. It's nicknamed "דובי" which I believe reads "Doobi", a teddy bear. Not very fluffy, this one... Besides what's in the box, I will use Eduard's Big Ed kit and probably some other addition (metal tracks? photo-etched slat armour? Although I dread this one a bit...) As a short review, I'm again in awe of the quality of Meng's mouldings and the cleverness of the engineering. This model just comes together, and layer by layer more and more detail is added. This is clearly visible in the ripper assembly - on the photos below you'll see it build up, there are about 15 parts total - but it looks much more complex. Anyway, here are the pictures. I did a bit messy job with the photoetch so far, but this was the most difficult PE I have been ever working. Hopefully with a bit of cleanup all blemishes will disappear under the primer and paintwork. This one will be weathered a bit! The manual starts with the main body and engine enclosure (there's no engine in this kit). I made a small (well, three day long) diversion to replace moulded cooling slats with photoetched set. It's been a lot of fun :)      Next I started working on the ripper assembly, it's mostly OOB but the small PE safety pins on the back of the ripper:    And finally some small PE details that I prepared for the next stages. There's still a bit of buildup for the ripper assembly that is mostly related to attaching it to the bulldozer body, but I'm leaving that for later as I'm considering replacing the hydraulic shafts with metal rods, instead of painting them.  Because of that, the next update will cover interior and the driver's cabin. It will probably need some painting as I go along with the build. Thanks for looking in :) Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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One last picture... a side-by-side comparison of the provided moulded front grille and the photo-etch replacement. It's about 70 individual parts, compared to one. Although still a bit dirty at this stage, I think it looks much better - what are your thoughts?  Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Very nice work Michu  I've also been impressed with the quality of the plastic in the Meng kits. I know you haven't done very much photo etch before but you really have done a sterling job on the grill it looks fantastic!! 
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Now that grill really looks the part, nice work! 
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Grill looks great and looks like it has had some slight damage from use, nice work Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Grill looks great and looks like it has had some slight damage from use, nice work It's more of a damage from sloppy work but well, whatever works :D To be honest, if someone is able to make this perfectly straight and true, he must be a photo etch god. Personally I don't see a way. Good thing the end effect is what I wanted it to be - I'm not building this thing factory new Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
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Small update. I finished the work on ripper assembly and attached it to the main body. It might seem a bit rigid on the pictures, that's because the hydraulic cylinders are now extended to maximum. The shafts are painted with Alclad II Polished Aluminum and masked with some Tamiya tape to spare them body colour in the future. The whole assembly works very smooth and after removing the tape it will be possible to pose it as I see fit.    Also, I have done some work on the cabin interior. All the surfaces that will accept photoetched control panels are sanded and the interior starts to come together. This will be a slight bump on this quickly (so far) progressing build, as it will require painting as I go. But that's for another day.  Cabin floor dry-fitted on the main body together with interior furniture:  Thanks for dropping by :) Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Yup, got to agree with the others. Photo etch grill looks fab and far far better than the original moulded grill. Done a great job with it so very well done.... .. Look forward to your next update.... Regards Alan
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Gandale wrote:Look forward to your next update.... Your wish is granted :D (see above your post, it seems we posted almost at the same time) Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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michu wrote:Gandale wrote:Look forward to your next update.... Your wish is granted :D (see above your post, it seems we posted almost at the same time) .. yeh, both at the same time and am even more impressed than I was now that I've seen your update.... looking fab....  Regards Alan
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Looking forward to this one Michu lovely start Rgd Martyn Building ?
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Looking very nice, might have to look at adding this one to my stash
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I decided to go full monty with this one and ordered the slat armour yesterday. Probably I haven't had enough of PE yet. In other news, metal tracks. Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
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Interesting kit and you have made a great start on it, watching this one Steve
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